Letters of intent applications can be requested by contacting United Way of Northeast Michigan at 354-2221 or via email to uwnemi@unitedwaynemi.org with the subject Letter of Intent. Letters of intent are due by 4 p.m. on Feb. 4.

Letters of intent will be presented to a committee made up of volunteers from the United Way Board of Directors that will review the letters to make sure the agency/organization qualifies for funding. Those agencies/organizations that qualify will be invited to submit a full application. Organizations seeking funding are asked to be reasonable in their financial request regarding the program or programs they are seeking funding. Those that make a request make a presentation before the citizen review panel in May.

"The UWNM is accountable to the donors and the community and this process is the best way to make sure the needs in the communities we serve are being met," Germaine Stoppa, executive cirector of the UWNM, said.

For more information contact Stoppa at 354-2221 or stop by the United Way office at 701 Woodward Avenue, the upper level of the APlex.